Supreme Court of India

Kallu Nat Alias Mayank Kumar Nagar v. State of U.P. and Anr.

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Reported as [2025] 8 S.C.R. 611
Bench J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan JJ.
Decided 5 August 2025

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid discussion, the position of law is clear that the Court of Session has power under Section 193 CrPC to summon a person as accused to stand trial, even if he has not been charge- sheeted by the police and whose complexity in the crime appears in the evidence available on record.

Judgment, page 64

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether the Court of Session, without itself recording evidence, can summon a person to stand trial in exercise of its powers u/s.193, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 as an accused (along with others committed to it by a Magistrate) on the basis of materials in the form of statements and other documents as contained in the final report of the investigating officer u/s.173, CrPC independently of the provisions of s.319 of the said Code. Headnotes† Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – Chapter XIV – s.193 – Cognizance of offences by Courts of Session – “cognizance”;

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